The third and final season of "The Leftovers" opened with a shocking event: the Guilty Remnant being bombed by a military drone. While Damon Lindelof, the executive producer of the show, did not say whether the explosion means that the cult no longer exists, he revealed that the mentality of the order will still be pervasive in the season.

In an interview with IGN, he said: "We've always felt like the Guilty Remnant philosophy was more disturbing - which is this idea of how can you attach to your family, knowing that the Departure happened? They endorse basically breaking free of your family and accepting that the world has ended, and that's a psychological and emotional idea that was grafted onto a cult. That idea is very pervasive in season 3."

He also revealed that future episodes will show the characters in Australia. Although he did not divulge the reason for bringing them there, he emphasized in the interview that there is a reason why they will be going there. He teased that the characters will be running either to or from something, which will bring them to the said country.

The season premiere also introduced an older version of Nora (Carrie Coon), who goes by the name Sarah. She denies to a nun that she knows Kevin (Justin Theroux), who she is romantically entangled with during the present time.

Season 3 of "The Leftovers" will have eight episodes, according to Flavor Wire. Given the propensity of "The Leftovers" to leave viewers with more questions than answers, it is likely that the series finale will leave people hanging about some hanging plot lines. Nonetheless, Coon said in an interview with Collider that she is "satisfied" with the show's conclusion, describing it as ending on a "deeply personal" way, although she did say that it will be open for interpretation.